Soon after the first case of AIDS was detected in the country in 1986, the National AIDS Committee was constituted under the chairmanship of the Minister of Health and Family Welfare to facilitate effective coordination between various ministries, NGOs and private institutions for implementation the National AIDS Control Programme.48 Realizing the gravity of the epidemiological situation of HIV infection in the country, the GOI launched the National AIDS Control Programme in 1987.
Poco después de que se detectara el primer caso de SIDA en el país en 1986, se constituyó el Comité Nacional de SIDA bajo la presidencia del Ministro de Salud y Bienestar Familiar para facilitar la coordinación eficaz entre los distintos ministerios, las ONG e instituciones privadas con miras a la aplicación del Programa Nacional de Control del SIDA48.